The Friday Political Panel

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia says that a 30% tax on discretionary trusts would make business harder for small, family businesses. 

The federal government is urging Senators to support its proposed national gas reservation scheme, as the Senate kicks off its second-last sitting week of the year.

Tensions in the South China Sea will be a focus when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets his Philippine counterpart at the ASEAN summit today.

Megaspeed, which is under scrutiny over alleged transfers of advanced Nvidia chips to Chinese companies, has announced an internal investigation led by external lawyers.

Thousands of flights were cancelled and thousands more delayed over a four-hour period at the weekend, affecting an estimated 1.5 million passengers.

Farmers are hopeful the federal government will compromise on changes to backpacker visas which they warn will create labour shortages and threaten food security.

Test cricket captain Pat Cummins has denied any knowledge of sandpaper being used in the 2018 Test series against South Africa.Former batter Usman Khawaja claimed in his new book that "everyone" involved in that series had knowledge of ball tampering.But Cummins, who bowled in that series, has unequivocally rejected that in a press conference. He's called the claims "complete and utter nonsense". Luke speaks to Warwick Hadfield about the latest developments.Plus, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang quits after admitting to an extramarital affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

Earlier this week the government announced its plans to legislate mandatory safety standards for AI developers. 

South Australia is set to become the first state to connect to a national system - which will monitor the criminal history of Australians who have a working with children check.